Hi! Thanks for any help....I'm using CA4 pipeline, I'm trying to follow this video at 7:40 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN-mKg5KlmM  He selects and bone and adds the new sprite.....but when I click the hand bone it won't go blue and there is no option to add the new sprite. All other bones have performed as per the video...ie go blue when I click and the '+' option appears to replace the sprite.       

Also the hand is not in the arm layer like his....maybe that's something to do with it. Can anyone help, Please I'm begging you...I've spent hours trying to add the hands!!! Thank you so much in advance animator friends

Use the Layer Manager to select the bone.
Then click the Sprite Editor to change or add sprite.

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Hi vepop - thanks for your reply! - I really really appreciate it.      To follow up - The sprite editor was the way I could get the hands in place, thanks....but still issues:

There is no option to 'Bind or Stretch Bind' the hands in the layer manager when I do it this way....which is causing all sorths of problems whay I try to apply motion templates. I notice that after adding the hands in the sprite editor each hand is in a 'group' in the layer manager rather than a 'layer' like the feet...maybe this is a clue as to why I don't get the option to stretch bind?

If I could just add the hands in the layer manager like all the other body parts everything would be ok - whats going on! Its driving me potty! Ive noticed in the comments on the youtube video other people are saying the hands are not on a layer...but noone has a solution.

Thanks so much!  

Sorry .. not sure what you meant by 'bind and stretch' problem.
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Hi Vepop - again thank you so much for engaging with me. I will attach screenshots to show my problem. Thanks for sharing that screenshot, I have just tried using that character as a template but unfortunately her hands change during the actions so the hands I put on at the start change back to her hands during the action. I'm not sure what to do about that. 

When following the video using the 'dummy' character - the problem I have is seen in the pics below:

PIC 1, no '+' symbol active in the layer manager - have to add image with sprite manager as per your suggestion....but no option to double bind. Interesting that hand is in 'group' not 'layer' like in the video, not sure why, but nevermind.   

PIC 2, in preview mode, had becomes separated and arm does not bend

PIC 3, so in stage mode its a mess - Interesting again that other arm without a hand added yet does still bend!

PIC 4, he seems to have no such trouble in the video (he is using version 3)

Once again thank you so much for your assistance, I am stuck on this issue for many days trying now!

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Watch these tuts and see how  a character is assembled and correct bone placement.
Part 1 :   https://vimeo.com/372782250
Part 2 :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdfeyRjjBwE&list=PL_E-gj-Nyll-rJGlne5gxGO06pACge4IR&index=3
Hopefully, these tuts will solve your problem.

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Hi, thanks very much for that link, I will definitely watch it but at quick glance I noticed that the character is exported out to Affinity Designer....what about the tutorial video I'm trying to follow from reallusion where he places the hand in the bone and double binds it...I just want to do what he does in the video! but there is no option to bind - as per my screenshot with the red circle showing that there is no option to double bind like in the video screenshot I also put in the post. Any ideas why my experience is not the same as the video? It seems like such a simple thing to want to add hands to my character and I cant find out how to do this anywhere on the entire internet! 

From the screenshot, I see that your character is not properly prepared for CA4.
Watch the tuts first.  

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Hi again, thanks. When you say not properly prepared I'm guessing you mean I havent rounded the tops of the arms and legs so that they dont show gaps when they move.....yes thanks I'm aware I need to do that later - but its not the problem I'm writing about and trying to fix for 4 days solid. The problem is that I cant put the hands on like in the video and double bind them....(There seems to be no point of preparing everything else just yet if my character will have no hands!). Can we focus on the hand issue please, I'd be so grateful if we can fix it

I believe the problem you're having is because of the character not properly done for CA4.



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